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Techday NZ
29-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Rapid7 integrates Active Patching for automated risk mitigation
Rapid7 has released Active Patching, an automated patching and remediation feature developed in partnership with Automox and integrated into the Rapid7 Exposure Command platform. Active Patching is designed for security and IT teams to address vulnerabilities on exposed endpoints by automating patch deployment, applying compensating controls when patches are not available, and giving real-time insight into the status of remediation efforts. The new capability comes as organisations face increasing challenges from attackers who are quick to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities and system misconfigurations. Traditional approaches to patching, which often rely on manual processes, can lead to delays and incomplete coverage, potentially leaving systems exposed. Active Patching aims to tackle these issues by combining threat intelligence, contextual risk insights and automated workflows for faster response to vulnerabilities. Automated risk mitigation Active Patching works in conjunction with Automox's Autonomous Endpoint Management technology, giving security and IT teams the ability to prioritise and implement patches efficiently across a wide selection of IT assets. This approach provides proactive mitigation and helps maintain compliance through exposure management. The solution facilitates the identification of vulnerable systems, keeps track of which require patches, and highlights those with no currently available fixes. Craig Adams, Chief Product Officer at Rapid7, commented on the product's aims and functionality. "The visibility and context Exposure Command delivers is unmatched. It's not just about seeing where you're vulnerable, it's about knowing exactly what to do next. We've built a platform that doesn't just highlight risk, it contextualises it. Active Patching is another way that Rapid7's Command Platform turns insights into action, enabling teams to automatically remediate vulnerabilities or apply compensating controls in real time, even when a patch doesn't exist. That's the difference between reactively managing vulnerabilities and proactively eliminating exposures." By leveraging Automox's automation capabilities, Active Patching seeks to deliver scalable, impact-driven risk mitigation by automating remediation actions across multiple devices at once. According to Rapid7, threat intelligence is embedded in every finding, empowering organisations to prioritise remediations that matter most to essential business assets. The platform compiles contextual insights, dynamic risk scores, and actionable intelligence sourced from Rapid7 Labs to ensure confidence in decisions regarding vulnerability management. Key features and integration The system introduces several features to improve the remediation process: pre-built virtual patching templates to protect assets lacking known fixes, out-of-box workflows to drive compliance and quick remediation, and closed-loop vulnerability management for continuous status tracking. Additionally, Active Patching enables automated fixes for a wide range of operating systems, including Linux, MacOS, Windows, and their associated third-party applications. Jason Kikta, Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Product at Automox, highlighted the joint value brought by the partnership between the two companies. "Modern security demands more than just knowing where you're exposed, it requires the ability to take action, fast. Our partnership with Rapid7 brings that capability to life. By embedding our patch and configuration automation technology into Exposure Command, we're enabling customers to go from identification to remediation in a matter of minutes, dramatically reducing risk while eliminating manual overhead." Rapid7 states that Active Patching enhances the Exposure Command platform's existing visibility of an organisation's attack surface, vulnerability management capabilities, and threat intelligence. The company indicates that this approach enables security teams to operate more efficiently and respond more quickly to critical security issues in their environments.
Channel Post MEA
24-07-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Rapid7 Launches Active Patching
Rapid7 has announced the release of Active Patching, a fully automated patching and remediation solution integrated into Rapid7's Exposure Command solution. Powered by Automox, Active Patching empowers security and IT teams to proactively mitigate risk across vulnerable assets. The pace at which attackers exploit zero-day vulnerabilities and misconfigurations continues to accelerate. At the same time, traditional patching methods often leave critical gaps due to delays, complexity, and limited coverage. Active Patching within Exposure Command addresses this challenge by automating risk remediation and providing continuous, real-time visibility into which systems require patches and which have no available fixes. Powered by Automox's Autonomous Endpoint Management platform, this new solution provides security and IT teams with another powerful way to prioritize effectively and accelerate response times with Exposure Command. The result is a proactive and compliant security posture that addresses vulnerabilities head-on. 'The visibility and context Exposure Command delivers is unmatched. It's not just about seeing where you're vulnerable, it's about knowing exactly what to do next,' said Craig Adams, Chief Product Officer at Rapid7. 'We've built a platform that doesn't just highlight risk, it contextualizes it. Active Patching is another way that Rapid7's Command Platform turns insights into action, enabling teams to automatically remediate vulnerabilities or apply compensating controls in real time, even when a patch doesn't exist. That's the difference between reactively managing vulnerabilities and proactively eliminating exposures.' Active Patching augments Exposure Command's complete attack surface visibility, native and third-party vulnerability management, and enriched threat intelligence with automated patching and remediation capabilities from Automox, providing organizations the following: Impact-driven, scalable mitigation: Efficiently reduce risk and eliminate manual process by automating remediation actions across multiple assets at once. Threat intelligence embedded into every finding: Remediate risks automatically and with confidence by knowing which vulnerabilities impact mission-critical assets by combining contextual insights, dynamic risk scores, and actionable threat intelligence from Rapid7 Labs. Actionable risk acceptance: Protect assets without known fixes via an expansive array of pre-built virtual patching templates that can help automatically configure endpoints and prevent attacks targeting unpatched systems. Automated remediation workflows: Leverage hundreds of out-of-box actionsto automate risk remediation, drive compliance, and respond to vulnerabilities faster. Closed-loop vulnerability management: Continuously view the status of all deployed patches to establish trust that vulnerabilities have been properly mitigated. Unmatched patching and configuration coverage: Automate fixes across almost any device, including Linux, MacOS, and Windows operating systems and their third-party software. 'Modern security demands more than just knowing where you're exposed—it requires the ability to take action, fast. Our partnership with Rapid7 brings that capability to life,' said Jason Kikta, CISO and Senior vice president of product at Automox. 'By embedding our patch and configuration automation technology into Exposure Command, we're enabling customers to go from identification to remediation in a matter of minutes, dramatically reducing risk while eliminating manual overhead.'
Global News
04-06-2025
- Sport
- Global News
Oilers fans from Down Under overjoyed to be in Edmonton for Stanley Cup final
With just hours to go until the puck drops at Rogers Place for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final rematch between the Oilers and the Panthers, a scene involving blue-and-orange-clad hockey fans arriving in Alberta's capital played out, with some making the trip from as far away as Australia to experience the NHL playoff excitement. 'I'm so excited,' Steve Patching exclaimed, detailing his epic journey from Brisbane to Edmonton and how he drank several cups of coffee in the morning so he would be awake for the opening game of the championship series on Wednesday. 'Can you imagine what it's going to be like if Game 7 is here? 'I'm amped.' Like many other die-hard Oilers fans from around the world, Patching said it was during the team's heyday — led by Wayne Gretzky — in the 1980s that drew him to a part of a community of supporters that fans have dubbed 'Oil Country.' Story continues below advertisement 'I saw Gretzky once,' Patching said, noting that the connection to the team also exists because he has family in Edmonton. '(The Oilers) had a pretty lean period … (but) now they've got the greatest in history with (Connor) McDavid.' Patching said he booked his flight soon after the Oilers knocked the Dallas Stars out of the playoffs by winning the Western Conference final in five games. 1:57 Edmonton Oilers advance to Stanley Cup Finals Richard Fairhead also arrived in Alberta's capital on Wednesday and also hails from Brisbane. He said he was on a business trip in New Zealand when the Oilers beat the Stars and he did what he had to do to be in Edmonton for the Stanley Cup final. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'I changed it all up to come,.. (I'm a) die-hard fan,' he explained, adding that he has been on six flights in the past 72 hours, seeing him use four different airlines and passing through three different countries. '(I) came last year and loved every moment of it. Story continues below advertisement 'I got permission from the wife so it's all good.' View image in full screen Richard Fairhead arrived in Edmonton from Brisbane, Australia so he could be in Alberta to cheer on the Oilers for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final. Global News Aside from fans arriving from Down Under, Oilers supporters are coming from all over as well, putting pressure on Edmonton's supply of hotel rooms this week. 'It's basically impossible to get a room (downtown) right now,' said Chris Yeung, the executive director of the non-profit organization Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd. Yeung added that demand is also 'bleeding into' other areas. 'This year we have home-ice advantage for the Oilers,' he explained. 'When you have that, you have media availability day, you have all the broadcasters flying in ahead of time, … and they're not small groups. 'Some of the broadcast groups have 50 or 60 people coming in at the same time.' Story continues below advertisement Yeung described what hotel operators are facing as 'huge demand.' Patching will likely be staying with his daughter as he said he plans to watch Game 1 from her apartment's balcony which overlooks a plaza in outside the Oilers arena that fans refer to as 'the Moss Pit.' He said even if he does not have a seat inside Rogers Place for the game, the feeling in downtown Edmonton will be electric. 'Last year I went to a watch party inside,' Patching said. 'It was one of the ones they lost which really sucked, but the atmosphere was still incredible.' Fairhead said after his Oilers lost the Stanley Cup championship to the Panthers in heartbreaking fashion last year with a Game 7 defeat, he is hopeful there will be a different result this year. Story continues below advertisement 'Different team, different feeling,' he said, adding that even though he was 'a little scared' with how the Oilers struggled at times during their opening-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings, the players 'pulled their socks up and they've been playing fantastic ever since.' '(I'm) feeling great,' Fairhead said. 'The crowd will be amazing once again. I can't wait again to be deafened by (the cheers), … lose my voice again. The Oilers last won a Stanley Cup in 1990. No Canadian team has won the trophy since the Montreal Canadiens did it in 1993. –with files from Global News' Jaclyn Kucey
The Guardian
23-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Track and feud: Queensland to announce third 2032 Olympic stadium plan in four years. Will this one stick?
Alan Patching led the construction of the largest-ever Olympic stadium. It took 30 months to finish the designs for Sydney's 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, build it, and hold its first major event. 'That's not going to happen [in Brisbane],' Patching said. 'The climate's changed, the building environment has changed, [and] goodness knows how we're going for resources. 'Practically, we're getting awful close to the deadline.' On Tuesday, the Queensland government will announce new plans for a main stadium and other venues for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email There are still seven years until athletes arrive. But the announcement will mark the third stadium proposal since 2021, when Brisbane was announced as the host. The 11-year head start envisaged by the International Olympic Committee has become a false start, hijacked by the vagaries of local politics, clashing interests and uneasy residents, who say they have largely been dealt out of planning processes. The state is widely expected to support plans to build a new 60,000-seat venue at Victoria Park, taking a chunk of the largest public green space near the inner city. And already, even before the announcement has been signed off by the state cabinet, significant opposition has formed. A group backed by dozens of community leaders – including former premier Campbell Newman, two former lord mayors and Indigenous elders – say they intend to brief barristers to block any proposal to build in the parkland. Soon after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 host city, the state government controversially announced it would redevelop the ageing Gabba stadium for athletics and the opening ceremony. The plan was abandoned due to vehement local objections and the unpalatable $3bn redevelopment cost. The Australian Olympics power broker, John Coates, went so far as to say the entire Olympic movement was 'on the nose' and risked losing community support in Brisbane due to the unpopular Gabba plan. About a year ago, the Steven Miles-led Labor government devised a different plan: to redevelop the 80s-era Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre in the suburbs as a boutique Athletics stadium. The track is across the road from a cemetery and a discount white goods warehouse. Scheduled to follow the Stade de France and the Los Angeles Coliseum, the QSAC plan was criticised by some as an 'embarrassment'. It played into fears that, alongside Paris and Los Angeles, Brisbane might present as a second-rate city getting ready to host a second-rate games. The new premier, David Crisafulli, went to the state election in October repeatedly promising 'no new stadiums' but that he would convene a 100-day review of Olympic venues. Liberal National party sources say Crisafulli will cite the recommendation of the venues review as cover for claims he broke an election promise, but at the same time, the state is understood to be considering ignoring another review finding to press ahead with construction of a $2.5bn indoor arena that would host swimming at the Olympics, and replace the city's ageing suburban concert centre with a new CBD venue. Instead, cabinet will on Monday consider building a purpose built swimming centre near Victoria Park, as proposed by Swimming Australia. 'If that's the way they go, they've got a political tightrope to work,' a government MP said. Having scrapped the Gabba stadium plan because it was unpopular and too costly, Brisbane now appears to be about to build a more expensive stadium in the face of even more vehement opposition. 'The community [opposition] at the Gabba is going to pale in comparison to what is going to happen in Victoria Park,' says Mark Limb, an urban planning expert at the Queensland University of Technology. 'People are already drawn into their positions without having an official position to respond against yet. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion 'People are craving a bit of rigour and trust in the process behind this stuff, but that's what you get when it's all behind closed doors.' The group Save Victoria Park held a rally in Brisbane on Saturday. 'Do we really want to be known as the city that concretes over its historic parkland for a mega stadium?' says Sue Bremner, a spokesperson for Save Victoria Park.' 'We should be protecting our green spaces, not destroying them in the name of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.' Limb says the situation points to a broader concern: a lack of consultation with locals about Olympic plans. The Olympic movement's 'new normal' was supposed to allow the Games to adapt to the city, not force the community to upend itself for the Olympics. Focus groups before the last election told both major political parties that people broadly wanted the Olympics; they just didn't want to pay for them, especially with ongoing concerns about a lack of housing. The 2032 Games loom for some locals with equal parts promise and fear. On one hand, there is the opportunity to write Brisbane's name alongside the world's great cities. On the other, a gnawing collective feeling that Brisbane – asked to follow Paris and Los Angeles – could embarrass itself. 'Queenslanders no longer want to be embarrassed on the world stage,' the deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, said when launching the venues review. While there remains a lack of community consensus about Olympic plans, one thing is clear: four years of missteps, controversies and political brawling have left Brisbane with little leeway. Both Limb and Patching say Brisbane is running out of time to genuinely engage the community about its Olympic plans. 'For most people in Brisbane, it seems to be the sense there's a desire to get moving and push on and start making decisions,' Limb said. 'Seven years is a reasonable time to do things, but it's starting to get to the real crunch point now, doing things properly and efficiently. I think they've realised they've missed this engagement opportunity.' Patching was involved in Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium's construction and says they undertook a massive community consultation process. He said 'ideally' there would be more of an opportunity for the public to shape plans for Victoria Park. 'The reality is that [after the venues review, which invited public submissions] the government can legitimately say 'you've had your opportunity'. 'Do I think it's enough? Probably not. Do we have time for it? I think it's questionable. 'There's still a few months of work before anyone appoints an architect. We've got seven years to go, and you want one year to be testing [the stadium]. I would not like to be taking a risk.'
